Author: V. R. Ramachandra DikshitarPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Puranas
Languages : en
Pages : 800
Book Description
The Puraṇa Index: From Ya to H
Author: V. R. Ramachandra DikshitarPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Puranas
Languages : en
Pages : 800
Book Description
The Puraṇa Index
Author: V. R. Ramachandra DikshitarPublisher: Motilal Banarsidass Publishe
ISBN: 9788120912748
Category : Puranas
Languages : en
Pages : 704
Book Description
Purana Index
Author: A. B. L. AwasthiPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
Annotated index of the various aspects of the Puranas, Hindu mythological texts.
Purāṇa Perennis
Author: Wendy DonigerPublisher: State University of New York Press
ISBN: 1438401361
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 348
Book Description
In this volume, leading American, European, and Indian scholars including John E. Cort, Friedhelm Hardy, Padmanabh S. Jaini, Laurie L. Patton, A. K. Ramanujan, Velcheru Narayana Rao, and David Shulman discuss the subject of the Purāṇas, focusing particularly on the relationship between the "Great Puran'as" of the Sanskrit tradition and the many other sorts of Purāṇas. The Puran'as are essentially collections of stories dealing with all aspects of myth, ritual, science, and history, and the authors of these essays are all superb storytellers.
The Purana Index: From Ya to H
Author: V. R. Ramachandra DikshitarPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Madras University Historical series
Languages : en
Pages : 798
Book Description
Markandeya Purana. (Markandeyapuranam)
Author: The Student's Sanskrit-English Dictionary
Author: Vaman Shivaram AptePublisher: Motilal Banarsidass Publ.
ISBN: 9788120800458
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 680
Book Description
The present Dictionary is designed to meet the long-felt need of the English knowing reader, who is interested in the study of classical as well as modern Sanskrit. It covers a very large field-epics such as the Ramayana and Mahabharata, Puranas and Upapuranas, Smrti and Niti literature, Darsanas or Systems of Philosophy, such as Nyaya, Vedanta, Mimamsa, Sankhya and Yoga, Grammar, Rhetoric, Poetry in all its branches, Dramatic and Narrative literature, Mathematics, Medicine, Botany, Astronomy Music and other technical or scientific branches of learning. Thus it embraces all words occurring in the general post-Vedic literature. It includes most of the important terms in Grammar. It gives quotations and references to the peculiar and remarkable meaning of words, especially such as occur in books prescribed for study in the Indian and foreign universities. It also renders explanation of important technical terms occurring in different branches of Sanskrit learning. To add to its usefulness,
The Encyclopedia of Christianity
Author: Erwin FahlbuschPublisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
ISBN: 9789004145955
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 994
Book Description
Containing more than 300 articles, covering the alphabetical entries P-Sh, this book also includes articles on significant topics ranging from Paul, political theology and the Qur'an, to religious liberty, salvation history and scholasticism.
River and Goddess Worship in India
Author: R.U.S. PrasadPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351806548
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 170
Book Description
Sarasvati assumes different roles, a physical river and a river goddess, then as a goddess of speech and finally that of a goddess of learning, knowledge, arts and music. References to Sarasvati in the Vedas and the Brahmanas, the Mahabharata and the Puranas and her marked presence in other religious orders, such as Buddhism, Jainism and the Japanese religion, form the basis of discussion as regards her various attributes and manifestations. In Jainism, her counter-part is Sutra-devi, in Buddhism it is Manjusri and Prajnaparamita and in the Japanese religion, Benten is the representative goddess. The physical presence of Sarasvati in various iconic forms is seen in Nepal, Tibet and Japan. Tantrism associated with Sarasvati also finds reflection in these religious traditions. Sculptors and art historians take delight in interpreting various symbols her iconic forms represent. The book examines Sarasvati’s origin, the course of her flow and the place of her disappearance in a holistic manner. Based on a close analysis of texts from the early Rig-Veda to the Brahmanas and the Puranas, it discusses different view-points in a balanced perspective and attempts to drive the discussions towards the emergence of a consensus view. The author delineates the various phases of Sarasvati’s evolution to establish her unique status and emphasise her continued relevance in the Hindu tradition. The book argues that the practice of pilgrimage further evolved after its association with the river Sarasvati who was perceived as divinity personified in Hindu tradition. This, in turn, led to the emergence of numerous pilgrimage sites on or near her banks which attracted a large number of pilgrims. A multifaceted and interdisciplinary analysis of a Hindu goddess, this book will be of interest to academics researching South Asian Religion, Hinduism and Indian Philosophy as also the general readers.
Cultural History From The Vayu Purana
Author: Rajaram D. K. PatilPublisher: Motilal Banarsidass Publishe
ISBN: 9788120820852
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 372
Book Description
The present book attempts to supplement the work of Pargiter on the Cultural plane. Pargiter was concerned with the dynastic records of the Puranic texts while this book aims to interpret cultural history from the Vayu Purana. The work is divided into ten chapters arranged systematically. The first five chapters contain facts of intellectual culture and the last five of material culture. The presentation of material has involved a great deal of translation and interpretation of the Puranic text. The work has two appendices and a critical introduction. Appendix A identifies the places and tribes. Appendix B describes the centres of pilgrimage. Introduction surveys the previous research on the Puranas, on the Vayu particularly. It discusses the antiquity of the Vayu, its value for the cultural history and the method followed in the present investigation. It also gives an outline of political history as found in the Vayu Purana. This book is valuable not only for Indian Culture, but also for a critical edition of Vayu, and consequently of other Purana material.